Biodiversity and Health: Linking Life, Ecosystems, Societies

Biodiversity and Health: Linking Life, Ecosystems, Societies fills the gap between the ecology of health and the concepts supported by international organizations, such as EcoHealth and One Health. The book provides a unique opportunity to demonstrate how ecological sciences, environmental sciences, medical sciences, and social sciences may contribute to improve human health through conserving biodiversity and the services it provides to societies. Presents the first book to give a broad and integrated overview of the scientific disciplines that contribute to healthFrom evolutionary ecology, to laws and policies, this book explores the links between health and biodiversityDemonstrates how ecological sciences, environmental sciences, medical sciences, and social sciences may contribute to improve human health INDICE: 1. Biodiversity is meaningful for health 2. Biodiversity as a source of infectious diseases 3. Loss of biodiversity and emerging infectious diseases 4. Loss of biodiversity and non-infectious and chronic diseases 5. The rise of antimicrobial resistance 6. Drugs, contaminants and ecosystems 7. New practices and new regulations for new threats Conclusion: One Health for One World

• ISBN: 978-1-78548-115-4
• Editorial: ISTE Press - Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 150
• Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2017
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés